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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1962
Page
3
Albany Georgia city commissioners voiced diverging views on racial troubles. Some supported court action for integration, others resented outside activists and said outsiders harmed the movement. None signaled a move to lower racial barriers voluntarily.
The long standing impasse over segregation draws mixed reactions with white leaders backing the commission while Negroes demand talks. Major pro tem Buford Collins condemns outsiders like Martin Luther King Jr. and cautions that yielding could trigger violence.
Sen John L McClellan accuses the Agriculture Department of letting Billie Sol Estes advance on cotton allotments before action and vows to press a thorough investigation. Hearings resume with Chief Counsel Bagwell expected to testify as Estes schemes involving land and allotments are scrutinized. The case follows Estes arrest in March on fraud charges and prior departmental reversals.
U S officials consider a partial ban banning only atmospheric nuclear tests as Geneva negotiations stall. The plan aims to bypass on site inspections while the push for a full ban remains the ultimate goal. The move follows Soviet rejection of earlier atmospheric ban proposals and fresh Soviet tests.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Elizabeth Tucker 79 of Levelland are pending at George Price Funeral Home after she died Saturday at a Littlefield hospital. She moved from Winters to Levelland and left five sons Loyd Claudell Charles J T Edward and Edward plus three daughters H H Johnson W E Lawson Ira Potts two sisters and one brother list, with 26 grandchildren and 23 great grand children.
Burnett Clark, 2, was stabbed to death early Saturday while seated in a car in Dallas. Police held a 20 year old woman as a suspect in the fatal attack.
About 300 students marched from the high school to City Hall in Anderson Indiana amid a teachers strike threat. Football practice began and was canceled after assistants failed to show. Teachers may miss opening day August 28 and have accepted state mediation, while board president Fred Matthews doubts acceptance. Local 519 seeks $50 more annually for teachers with advanced degrees and cites Anderson salaries as lower than county peers.
Bernard Baruch spoke to reporters at his Long Island home on the eve of his 92nd birthday. He described longevity as choosing good parents, reflected on his role as adviser, and expressed faith in America while noting President Kennedy faces major challenges.
Jacqueline Kennedy traveled by motor launch to Torre del Greco to visit Villa Olivella with Count Paolo Gallani and Gianni Agnelli. She toured Ravello earlier, visited St Pantaleone church, and spent about 10 minutes at the coast before returning to Ravello villa.
Four people en route from the Seattle World's Fair died when a light plane crashed and burned on a wooded mountain. The pilot was J. J. Younce of St. Petersburg Florida. Passengers tentatively listed were Younce's wife and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deskins of Kingsport Tennessee, all in their late 20s.
Isaac Duke Harris, 39, was found dead Saturday near the Abilene airport, shot. Police offered no tenable clues and suggested he might have been killed elsewhere. The report notes a family detail about a daughter and routine pool habit, then digresses with unrelated census data.
Local 850 members received service pins for 10 15 20 and 55 years at Vanns Catering dinner. About 100 attendees heard main speaker A F E Edwards district 7 AFL CIO vice president. Tom Ansley received a 35 year pin for longest service. others earned 10 1 and 20 year pins.
George Parrish of Battle Creek Michigan was elevated Friday to president of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference at its 150th annual session in Minneapolis Mission Farms. The body also elected Rev. C Zex Burdick as first vice president, who becomes president in 1963. Other officers include Charles H L North and George Stillman as vice presidents and Ernest Bond and Harley Bond as secretaries.
About 1000 spectators filled Dimmitt Saturday night for the three day Western Week Rodeo finale. Six year old Joan Smith won a Shetland pony with saddle and bridle from the Dimmitt Rodeo Association. Several event winners included Corky Perry Tulia in Bareback, A C George Tulia in Bull riding, Boe Hollis Amarillo in Bulldogging, Gladys Pinkett Ropesville in Barrel race, Tex Garnett Matador Jack Mitchell Aspermont Walter Arnold Portales NM Buttons Howard Portales NM in team and saddle bronc. Calf Roping went to Buttons Howard Portales NM with R E Josey Post second.
Lisbon reports new sales taxes on luxury commodities and selected services. The measures broaden the tax base and aim to boost public revenue.
William Carlton, 39, of Seminole, jailed in lieu of 1000 bond Saturday after felony theft charges. Mackenzie State Park to host McWilliams family reunion today with L H McWilliams and others arranging. annual Comanche County reunion next Sunday with a basket lunch at 1230 and singing. Lois Jean Henry, 22, pleads innocent to aggravated assault. bond set at 500. Lubbock Civil Air Patrol Cadet Squadron to hold picnic supper at Wagner Park Tuesday. 1959 US data show 11.35 million disabling injuries from automobile accidents.
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